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In Latvia celebration of the "60 years of European Social Fund" focused on videos with personal stories related to ESF projects.
Check out the videos below and see the positive impact it has had on Latvian citizens.

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The cultural and educational organisation PiNA launched the project “ADD: Increasing the level of active citizenship and strengthening the social skills of young people in coastal cities”. Its aim is to boost active, equal involvement and participation of young people in local environment, as well as to improve their social skills through education and provide information to young people and key players in the youth field in the region. Koper, 27 August 2014.

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08/03/2018 – 09/03/2018 The two-day event, organised in Brussels by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank, will focus on topics related to social inclusion and social impact investing, innovative financing models addressing social challenges as well as the role of financial instruments co-funded by the European Social Fund as a possible ground for innovative financing.

The European Week will take place just ahead of the publication of the Cohesion Report and of the presentation of the EU multiannual financial framework 2020-2026. In this perspective, the event will be an ideal platform for gathering and presenting the views of the regions and cities on both the budget and the subsequent legislative proposals with regard to cohesion policy and rural development.

The 7th Cohesion Forum, which will take place on 26-27 June 2017 in Brussels, is a large scale political event held every three years, bringing together more than 700 people including high level representatives from European institutions, central governments, regional and local representatives, economic and social partners, NGOs and academics.

The 2017 Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, with the support of the European Commission, organises a conference on the future of the European Social Fund. Th event takes place in San Lawrenz, Gozo, Malta on 23 and 24 March 2017.

The objective of this year's Annual JRC conference is to discuss with scientists and policy makers how Member States, regions and cities can harness the potential of their human capital under the current socio-economic and environmental challenges to make their territories more dynamic, creative and resilient to external shocks.

The 14th European Week of Regions and Cities will focus on the challenges currently facing Europe's regions and cities. Building on the implementation cycle of EU cohesion policy programmes, the event will be aligned with the political priorities of the European Commission's and the European Committee of the Regions for 2016 and with the interests of the partner regions and cities.

The conference will highlight the benefits of evidence based policy making. It will be a showcase for the best evaluations, a place to discuss good practices in evaluation planning, and an opportunity to broaden the range of people involved in the evaluation of Cohesion Policy.

EIPA, the European Institute of Public Administration, invites to this event, organised together with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, winner of the 2015 European Public Sector Award.

In teh workshop "Microfinance under the ESF 2014-2020", participants can expect to further their understanding of how microfinance can help in their efforts to deliver ESIF 2014-2020 objectives, in particular under the ESF.

The conference "Financial Instruments under the ESF 2014-2020" will conclude a series of regional fi-compass ESF seminars which began in the autumn of 2015. Participants can expect to further their understanding of how ESF financial instruments can help in their efforts to deliver ESIF 2014-2020 objectives.

The OPEN DAYS – European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance.

The conference "EU Budget Focused on Results" offers a high-level discussion of key questions on the European budget policy agenda today. Leading figures in Europe's political landscape will join the international debate on performance budgeting and public budgets' contribution to policy results.

The ESF Learning Network TLN Mobility is organising an expert conference on “Coordinating transnational mobility for disadvantaged youth in Europe under the ESF 2014-2020: the results of TLN Mobility” on February 10, 2015 in Marseille.

This conference will offer Member States and Managing Authorities an opportunity to learn more about features, advantages and suitability of using financial instruments under all ESIF, namely ERDF, ESF, CF, EMFF and EAFRD in delivering 2014-2020 objectives.

The European Community of Practice on Gender Mainstreaming (GenderCoP) is organising a conference that will show how to meet the obligations regarding gender equality in the new ESF regulations as well as the objectives of the EU2020 strategy

The cycle of cohesion policy suggests that due to the launch of the 320+ national, regional and territorial cooperation programmes in 2014, first experiences with their implementation may be at the forefront of debates during the 12th European Week of Regions and Cities.

This conference, organised jointly by the European Economic and Social Committee and Eurofound, aims at focusing on the measures taken at European level to step up active inclusion and social investment.

The European Commission, in partnership with the European Economic and Social Committee and the City of Strasbourg, is organising a large European interactive event on social entrepreneurship and the social economy.

The Conference on anti-fraud and anti-corruption measures in relation to the use of European Structural and Investment Funds, took place on 3 December in Brussels. The event brought together more than 400 participants representing managing authorities, audit authorities, specialised anti-corruption bodies and civil society organisations from all EU Member States.

At the end of nearly five years of activities, the German Agency for Equality in the ESF organizes the conference "Gender equality in the ESF - European Concept and nationwide perspective" on 5 November 2013 in Berlin.

The OPEN DAYS – European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance.

The Committee of the Regions' conference "Poverty and social exclusion: What role for regions and cities?" is the fourth in a series of seven events covering the Europe 2020 strategy flagship initiatives.

The United Kingdom's Adult Learners' Week (ALW) is an annual week-long national campaign delivered each May which seeks to engage and inspire people to pursue adult learning – either to catch up on skills not learnt at school, to learn for or at work, or to learn for fun.

The 9th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governancewill offer an opportunity to reflect on innovative ways to support local job creation, youth employment and effective policy delivery.

The OPEN DAYS – European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance.

The conference of experts on transnational practical training is organized by the coordinating secretariat of “La ida” in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Spanish embassy and will take place 13 - 14 September 2012 in Berlin.

The conference will be a meeting point for representatives of the different parts of social work and social development: state officials, decision makers, politicians, researchers and non-governmental organisations.

With more than 80 project managers taking part and 450 participants expected, this event of the European Social Fund France wants to be a place of discovery of new approaches to promote employment and integration supported by the ESF, a space for exchanges between actors in employment and a time to reflect on the future.

The ESF Learning Network 'Community of Practice for Inclusive Entrepreneurship (COPIE)' under the leadership of the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs will hold a Policy Forum on 'Entrepreneurship for All: Promoting inclusive growth in Europe through the European Structural Funds' on April 16-17, 2012 in Berlin.

The seminar on gender perspective in evaluation is organised by the Community of Practice on Gender Mainstreaming in ESF and the Valtava Development Program, Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Finland.

After a very successful edition in 2009, the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) will organise again the third European Public Sector Award – EPSA 2011. The EPSA 2011 will be awarded on the occasion of a final conference on leading-edge public administration solutions, to be held in Maastricht (NL) in November 2011, under the auspices of the Polish Presidency.

The ESF Learning Network "Community of Practice for Inclusive Entrepreneurship" - COPIE 2 will hold a conference on "Kick-starting Economic Recovery - the Role of Entrepreneurship in the Structural Funds" on March 31 - April 01, 2011 in Berlin. The conference will take place at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin-Mitte and is by invitation only.

"Social innovation for smart growth. Can lessons be learnt from current programmes in EU member states, enhancing Innovative Work Organisation?" - Seminar organised by the Netherlands National Centre of Social Innovation (NCSI).

The conference acknowledged past achievements of the ESF in supporting EU objectives, in particular the previous Growth and Jobs strategy and explored how the ESF could contribute in the most effective manner to the new Europe 2020 strategy.